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dephrag · 06-22-2002, 05:27 PM

Ok, so I went out and bought some 4" JL speakers for the front, now Im trying to bypass these retarted amps,  but this is a crazy mess!  I found a wiring diagram on the faq page, but it doesn't seem to match up.  There are 5 wires going into each amp.  Brown, Black, Blue, Green, and  Red, I cut them off of the amp to go to the speaker.. but why the hell are there 5 Wires??  Shouldn't there only be 2??  

So for the front left and right, I connected the brown as -, and the red as + , and that seems to be working ok..  and for the rears, if i touch the the green on the left OR right to the + or - it seems to power BOTH back speakers.. same if i twist it with the blue..  Is this right, or am I sharing the load the wrong way or something??

I just really don't know what I'm doing here, and 1) Don't want to start a fire, 2) Don't want to wreck any components.  

Can anyone tell me if i'm doin this right?    To make it worse, I have a 4 channel amp I want to hook up now or later... should I be putting that striaght to each speaker, or run it up to the wiring harness behind the deck, and splice it in??

06-22-2002, 05:27 PM	#10
dephrag Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 80 Trader Rating: (0)	Ok, so I went out and bought some 4" JL speakers for the front, now Im trying to bypass these retarted amps,  but this is a crazy mess!  I found a wiring diagram on the faq page, but it doesn't seem to match up.  There are 5 wires going into each amp.  Brown, Black, Blue, Green, and  Red, I cut them off of the amp to go to the speaker.. but why the hell are there 5 Wires??  Shouldn't there only be 2??   So for the front left and right, I connected the brown as -, and the red as + , and that seems to be working ok..  and for the rears, if i touch the the green on the left OR right to the + or - it seems to power BOTH back speakers.. same if i twist it with the blue..  Is this right, or am I sharing the load the wrong way or something?? I just really don't know what I'm doing here, and 1) Don't want to start a fire, 2) Don't want to wreck any components.   Can anyone tell me if i'm doin this right?    To make it worse, I have a 4 channel amp I want to hook up now or later... should I be putting that striaght to each speaker, or run it up to the wiring harness behind the deck, and splice it in??